In March 2007, as part of an initiative Woman’s Day has co-sponsored with ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries to promote libraries and librarians, Woman’s Day asked its readers to submit stories of how they used the library to start a business. Four of the new entrepreneurs describe how their local library helped them start up a business [http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/sponsorship/womansdaymagazine/small_business_lo.pdf in the March 4, 2008 issue].<sup>2</sup>

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In March 2007, as part of an initiative Woman’s Day has co-sponsored with ALA's Campaign for America’s Libraries to promote libraries and librarians, Woman’s Day asked its readers to submit stories of how they used the library to start a business. Four of the new entrepreneurs describe how their local library helped them start up a business [http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/publicawareness/campaign%40yourlibrary/sponsorship/womansdaymagazine/small_business_lo.pdf in the March 4, 2008 issue].<sup>2</sup>

===Additional Resources===

===Additional Resources===

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Support for local--and start-up--businesses is a significant positive economic benefit of the public library.

For the Entrepreneur

'"There are a lot of wonderful programs available for [entrepreneurs] at public libraries," says Leslie Burger, 2006-2007 president of the American Library Association, in an online article from US News and World Report.1 In her home state of New Jersey, there is JerseyClicks, a statewide portal that features federated searching of the statewide full-text databases offered by the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Network, and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act. New Jersey residents can search the full-text databases through one user-friendly interface. JerseyClicks offers keyword and custom searching of databases through a federated search.

Other states have similar programs -- please list yours here:

For the Start-up

In March 2007, as part of an initiative Woman’s Day has co-sponsored with ALA's Campaign for America’s Libraries to promote libraries and librarians, Woman’s Day asked its readers to submit stories of how they used the library to start a business. Four of the new entrepreneurs describe how their local library helped them start up a business in the March 4, 2008 issue.2

The Librarians' Internet Index provides categorized links to a wide variety of business topics. Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, Washington state, the nation, and the world.